The solar industry may be about to face what imported coal-based power projects saw some years back — an increase in production cost due to changes in law and the imposition of new tariffs. Due to a safeguards duty recently announced by the government, close to 7,000 MW of under-construction and recently bid solar projects will see their […]

Glowship, a three-year-old start-up headquartered in Bengaluru, has rolled out a unique platform for rooftop solar in the city, just a month after Tata Power Solar launched an extensive residential rooftop solution across the country. Users can select the optimal solar-based solution, based on their energy requirements. Households can set up solar rooftops at a […]

By installing rooftop solar plant, connected to a 100KW grid, the Shiv Bhole Cooperative Group Housing Society in Dwarka became the first CGHS to go live as part of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited’s (BRPL) solar city initiative. The solar plant is the first one launched on January 7 this year, under the Solarise Dwarka initiative […]

It’s a hot afternoon in Diu. The sleepy island, with just over 50,000 people, is among the top 10 least populated districts in India. And it shows. The beaches are clean and quiet. Waterfront promenades are deserted — so are the markets. Even booze shops, which get droves of weekend visitors from dry Gujarat next-door, […]

Renewable energy firm ReNew Power Ltd said Monday it has won a tender for developing a 3 MW floating solar power project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. “When commissioned, this project will be among the largest floating solar PV projects in India,” the company said in a statement here. ReNew won this project, after participating in […]

As renewable energy developer Leap Green Energy is planning to treble its capacity from current 1.1 GW to 3 GW by 2020, the company has announced fundraising plans of around $250 million. The developer has appointed Barclays Bank PLC as its financial advisor. the company said in a statement. Leap Green Energy currently has around […]

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Wednesday dedicated to the state, state-run power giant NTPC‘s 250 MW Solar Power Plant in Suwasra, District Mandsaur. This project has been set up by NTPC at an investment of about Rs 1,500 cr mainly on non-agricultural land and generation of electricity has been achieved without affecting the natural eco-system with zero carbon […]

Karnataka has pumped in thousands of crores of rupees into the power sector and has been fronting technological innovations with regard to ‘Smart Villages’, but here is the dark reality: 29 villages in the state are yet to get power connections! A revelation to this effect was made by the state government in the legislative assembly on Friday. […]

After the farm loan waiver, the Maharashtra government has now announced an ambitious plan to supply solar-powered agricultural pumps at highly subsidised rates to one lakh farmers. The big-ticket announcement — which comes in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls — is being seen as the biggest populist measure by the state government […]

SoftBank Energy has denied allegations that the company attempted to form a cartel and increase solar power tariffs in a recent 3,000 MW tender, which was later partly cancelled. In a statement responding to media reports stating that power minister RK Singh has written to the Prime Minister’s Office alleging cartelisation attempt on part of […]